Light Harmonies

Heinrich Heidersberger
9783775737746 / 377573774X
Light Harmonies

Light Harmonies

Heinrich Heidersberger
9783775737746 / 377573774X
Publisher Hatje Cantz 2014
Edition Hardcover , 120 pages
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The rhythmograms of Heinrich Heidersberger (1906-2006) are intricately curved compositions of pure light that weave together abstract figures, organisms and space. The artist created these complex light patterns during the 1950s and 1960s, capturing the invisible and elusive worlds of time and motion in a single frame. Outfitted not with a camera, but rather with an ingenious, room-sized, deconstructed photographic machine of his own design, Heidersberger traced the geometry of delicate waves and oscillations: his machine could reproduce the elegant orbit of even a single ray of light onto a photographic plate. Widely known as an architectural photographer of postwar modernism, Heidersberger’s little-known rhythmograms serve as a fascinating bridge between the work of early modernists and the future of algorithmic art and architecture. This is the first critical study of these rhythmograms in all their delicate detail.

Specifications

Book title Light Harmonies
Alternative title Die Rhythmogramme
Photographer Heinrich Heidersberger
ISBN 10 377573774X / 3-7757-3774-X       
ISBN 13 9783775737746 / 978-3-7757-3774-6
Publisher Hatje Cantz
Publish date Sep 2014
Publish year 2014
Book format Hardcover
Language German, English
Pages 120 pages
Number of photographs 76 illustrations
Dimensions 24,6 x 30,5 cm / 9.5 x 12 inches
Book designer Neil Donnelly

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